{"id":3665,"date":"2014-04-29T18:54:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T22:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2015-01-14T10:23:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T15:23:25","slug":"cameron-on-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/2014\/04\/29\/cameron-on-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron on European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>3 Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cameron makes a point to emphasize that Europe\u2019s transition from warfare to tranquility did not happen overnight and took serious determination and willpower of its people over a span of time.<\/p>\n<p>He also contends that millions of people now live in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, which was the main purpose of the European Union when it was initially formed. Now, almost a half-century later, the goal of the European Union is to sustain and promote peace and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron directs our attention to what he describes as the \u201curgency and frankness about the European Union and how it must change.\u201d He states that it needs to redirect itself to the goal of delivering prosperity and maintaining the support of its people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a02 Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why do you think Cameron acknowledges the United Kingdom\u2019s reputation for being argumentative and strong-minded? What past experiences may have contributed to the formation of this kind of reputation for the UK?<\/p>\n<p>Why does he say that Britain has come to the EU with a \u201cframe of mind that is more practical than emotional\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a01 Interesting Point<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I thought it was interesting that Cameron addressed the European competitiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Points Cameron makes a point to emphasize that Europe\u2019s transition from warfare to tranquility did not happen overnight and took serious determination and willpower of its people over a span of time. He also contends that millions of people &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/2014\/04\/29\/cameron-on-european-union\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110560],"tags":[94339,94332,2862],"class_list":["post-3665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hist107-archive","tag-david-cameron","tag-the-european-union","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}